How To Install minisign on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install minisign on Rocky Linux 8. minisign is A dead simple tool to sign files and verify digital signatures

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install minisign on Rocky Linux 8.

What is minisign

Minisign is a dead simple tool to sign files and verify signatures.

We can use yum or dnf to install minisign on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install minisign.

Install minisign on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install minisign using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install minisign

Install minisign on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install minisign using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install minisign

How To Uninstall minisign on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the minisign package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove minisign

minisign Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/minisign
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/c245ae7110bad2475b7d40ce8a25b2d08c4963
/usr/share/doc/minisign
/usr/share/doc/minisign/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/minisign
/usr/share/licenses/minisign/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/minisign.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install minisign on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.